A funded PhD studentship in the History of Linguistics is available at the University of Sheffield in the UK. The studentship will begin in September 2009 and is part of a project called 'Voice into Text: Case Studies in the History of Transcription'. The successful applicant will divide his or her time between Sheffield, where he/she will be supervised by Dr Richard Steadman-Jones, and the British Library in London, where he/she will work on a number of linguistic collections with the support of two of the curators, Adrian Edwards and Jonnie Robinson.

The studentship includes a living allowance and the payment of tuition fees up to the rate charged for UK and EU students. Further details are available at the application address listed below.

If you know of anyone who might be interested, please do let them know and encourage them to contact Dr. Richard Steadman-Jones at the email address listed below.

I would like to receive applications by the 8th July 2009, but I realise this is quite close, and, if anyone would like to apply but cannot meet that deadline, please be in touch to let me know.